Online & Underground

ONLINE & UNDERGROUND New Cities Foundation Internet access in major global subway networks www.newcitiesfoundation.org Can commuters access the Internet' on your city's subway ? 59.5% YES 40.5% NO + 750.000 inhabitants REGION YES Asia 84,4% South Korea 100% 121/595 China 100% Japan Middle East 87,5% 66,7% Latin America European Union US & Canada Europe & Central Asia 57,1% world cities with more 56,3% 41,2% than 750.000 inhabitants 25% have a subway system This survey was designed and conducted by the New Cities Foundation using data from a comprehensive NCF survey of 121 global cities in October 2011 - www.newcitiesfoundation.org (1) Internet Access is defined as the possibility to connect to the Internet, for example through a smartphone, in most of the underground subway system (platforms, tunnels, stations) (2) United Nations, Department of Economic and Social Affairs, Population Division. World Urbanization Prospects: The 2009 Revision (3) World Metro Database by Metrobits (4) EU Members and Norway (5) This group includes cities from Russia, Georgia, Belarus, Azerbaijan, Armenia, Ukraine and Uzbekistan ...........